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“You’re a pussy and a scared little kid”
Mark Benjamin, Michael de Yoanna
John Needham returned from Iraq, suffering from combat stress. If he had received proper care, would he be standing trial for murder?
Mark Waltz, Kenneth Lehman, Chad Barrett
Mark Benjamin, Michael de Yoanna
The details of three more deaths that might have been prevented among Fort Carson-based soldiers.
The Internet is made of kittens
Sarah Hepola
How the lowly cat, shunned by Hollywood, became an online star: An introduction to Pet Week.
Most self-delusionally ironic post of the year
Glenn Greenwald
A National Review writer explains that "national-security scares, universal police surveillance, perversion of science and government use of torture" are "the dreary living conditions common to all totalitarian regimes."
Rich man, poor man, recycling man
Andrew Leonard
In the U.S. college students volunteer to sort through trash. But in China, that's not what education is for -- at least for now
Last clean player, please bring the flag
King Kaufman
Knowing about Alex Rodriguez's positive steroid test from 2003 changes nothing, but get out your torches and pitchforks anyway.
“The Death Dealers took my life!”
Mark Benjamin, Michael de Yoanna
Adam Lieberman tried to kill himself when he returned from Iraq. Only then did the Army take his mental health seriously.
Are we that into it?
Judy Berman
With "He's Just Not That Into You" hitting theaters Friday, Salon writers discuss the catchphrase that will not die.
Brother, can you spare a bonus?
Mike Madden
Wall Street whines as Obama announces new bailout rules that cap executive pay at $500,000.
The ultimate fight club
Robert Anasi
How mixed martial arts went from a "blood-flecked freak show" to an international phenomenon that could permanently put boxing in a chokehold.
Obama’s hopes Daschled
Mike Madden
His ties to the former senator may have blinded him to potential ethics problems -- but in the end, the president takes the blame.
Will our words ever be heard again?
Cary Tennis
We write and we write and we write on the Net, dispensing thoughts and advice. For what?
The Michelle Obama hair challenge
Erin Aubry Kaplan
Nappy or relaxed, African-American hair has always been a loaded subject. So what does it mean to have a black do in the White House?
Super Bowl ads: Violence + boobies = laff riot!
Kate Harding
What do this year's violent, sexist ads say about our culture?
Where have all the drag queens gone?
Thomas Rogers
The campy spectacle has lost favor with a generation of young gay men. Can RuPaul's new reality show bring it back?
Welcome to Elsewhere, USA
Katharine Mieszkowski
We e-mail, we text, we Facebook, we blog. Are we more productive today or just more anxious?
“What song is it you want to hear?”
Andrew Leonard
The keyboard player on "Freebird" dies of heart failure. An homage to his tears
Blowing away King Coal
Jeff Biggers
Can a scrawny young wind-power activist topple the biggest, dirtiest industry in West Virginia?
The 60 Minutes report on growing West Bank settlements
Glenn Greenwald
Bob Simon deserves credit for an unusually probing examination of Israeli extremists who are, by design, preventing a Palestinian state.
John Updike’s life and work
David Lipsky
The entry from "The Salon.com Reader's Guide to Contemporary Authors," published in 2000.
Spanking Oprah
Amy Benfer
The talk show queen's bathroom scale becomes a metaphor for our "bloated, depressed" selves.
Sexual perversity in America
Sarah Hepola
Author Daniel Bergner talks about extreme erotic behavior and why we have more in common with sadists and fetishists than we might like to believe.
Apple to Microsoft: Resistance is futile
Andrew Leonard
Why is the iPod killing the Zune worse than ever? Disney Channel teen star Selina Gomez has the answer.
Continuing Bush policies in Israel and Afghanistan
Glenn Greenwald
As the U.S. economic crisis reportedly worsens, is there any real justification for continuing our involvement in Israel's wars and escalating our seven-year occupation of Afghanistan?
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